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Basingstoke based, Testbourne Ltd, specialises in the supply of high purity metals, alloys and compounds for research, development and industry purposes and has been in the industry for more than thirty years. Within the Supervac® division, these materials are supplied to industries such as semiconductors, thin-films, electronics, electro-optics and research. We supply a range of materials available in fabricated forms including sputtering targets, evaporation materials, powders, wire, rods, and sheets. We are also pleased to be able to provide our customers with a bespoke service whereby we can tailor make products o meet specific requirements. We also represent many of the world's leading scientific instrument manufacturers through our Instrument Division. Equipment includes QCM technology, sample preparation equipment, microwave and radio frequency systems, UHV components, and thin film technology. Alongside our materials we also provide a target bonding service and chemical analysis service. Our dedicated team at Testbourne Ltd works to the highest of standards to ensure that all products are of the highest quality and reach our customers in perfect condition.
For further details of our products and services, please visit our website, or contact us at Testbourne Ltd and speak to a member of the team who will answer any questions you may have.
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We supply a wide selection of pure metals in many forms such as wires, foils, sheets, powders, rods, pellets, granules, discs and sputtering targets as well as crucibles, cones, ribbons, and mesh. When ordering please provide us with information including the materials, purity of the material, dimensions required, special tolerances needed, and quantity.
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Our large range of inorganic compounds is available for R&D and production environments. These are supplied in a range of purities and sizes and in various forms such as powders, pieces, tablets, and liquids. We work closely with our customers from research through to development and final production stages. All of our compounds are provided with Material Safety Data Sheets and Certificate of Analysis corresponding to the correct lot number. The Certificate of Analysis usually lists metallic impurities only. For further information, please visit our website.
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Here at Testbourne Ltd, we are pleased to provide our customers with a large and ever-increasing range of alloys. Our alloys are supplied in various forms and purities to suit the demands and requirements of various industries and applications.
Depending on the nature of the alloy, they can be provided in various forms such as powder, lump, pellet, rod, sheet, and sputtering target. Due to the large number of alloys available, we have only listed our most common alloys on our website. Please contact us for information regarding the alloy/s you require.
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Our range of precious metals includes gold, silver, platinum, palladium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, and iridium. These can be supplied in various forms such as sputtering targets, wires, pellets and granules. The standard purity of our precious metals is usually 99.99%, however, gold is now available as 99.999%.
We also provide our customers with a small bench top coater targets service and a precious metal
reclaim service. We provide a range of precious metal sputtering targets for many bench top sputter coater systems such as those manufactured by Agar, Bal-Tec, Bio-Rad, Emitech, Gatan, JEOL, and Polaron. Precious metal targets that are either bonded or un-bonded, or partially used can be reclaimed. Please contact us with your requirements.
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The process of sputtering deposits thin films from a variety of materials on to the substrate and we use the sputtering process to provide a range of metal targets in various shapes and sizes. It can be a repeatable process providing the scope to create small research and development projects through to large production batches on medium to large substrate areas. Our targets include SuperVac® Sputtering Targets, Pure Metal Targets, Alloy Targets, Compound Targets, Small Bench Top Coater Targets, and Rotatable Targets. For detailed specifications regarding sputtering targets, materials and applications, please visit our website or contact us at Testbourne Ltd.
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During the years we have formed close relationships with various leading brands to provide our customers with a range of reliable, quality instruments and equipment. Brands we represent include CeramTec (ceramic-to-metal sealing technology), INFICON (for thin film deposition controllers, monitors and QCM measurement instruments), SBT - Sample Preperation Equipment (global company providing sample preparation equipment), R.D. Mathis Company (high vacuum evaporation sources, and Sairem (manufacturers of microwave and radio frequency systems for laboratory and industry use.
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Sputtering targets can be clamped to the sputter source cathode inside the sputter depositing system, or the sputter target can be bonded to a strong, compatible backing plate. The first process can lead to cracking, warping, or other types of damage whereas target bonding is a much more reliable and cost-effective process. The process of target bonding varies depending on the choice of sputtering target material, however a properly bonded sputtering target will normally give a longer working
life that a non-bonded target.
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We provide all of our customers with a Certificate of Analysis for all materials that are ordered. This is part of our standard practice to ensure that our customers have all the information they may need.
We also provide X-ray diffraction and spectrographic analysis for each element and compound provided. We don't usually provide analyses for non-metallic impurities such as oxygen, however data can be provided upon request. Our analyses include Inductively Couple Plasma Spectroscopy (ICP) - this is most suited for the process of determining rations of the bulk materials in an alloy. We also provide the Glow-Discharge Mass Spectrometry (GDMS) analysis for a range of sample forms. This analysis is designed for determining bulk element compositions as well as for collecting depth profiling information with very high sensitivity.
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